An OLC memo concluding that “the military has the legal authority to detain [Jose Padilla] as a prisoner captured during an international armed conflict,” and that the Posse Comitatus Act poses no bar.
A series of blog posts by a former OLC lawyer, Marty Lederman, discussing the difference between the DOJ's memo on torture from August 2002 and the memo on torture from December 30, 2004 (ACLU-RDI 3547). The posts conclude that the Bush ...
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Mohammed Ajimi Al-Isawi, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. Mr. Al-Sawai's body was found burred in a shallow grave on the camp grounds on August 12, ...
A member of the FBI’s CIRG Behavioral Analysis Unit who toured Guantanamo stated they never personally witnessed aggressive treatment or interrogations of Guantanamo detainees, but did hear loud music, people yelling loudly from behind closed ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Steven C. McCraw
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Non-legal Memo
J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Steven C. McCraw
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
An email confirming an interview with an Army CID regarding allegations of abuse in Iraq.
An email chain that again references an FBI agent who was present in Afghanistan during a detainee death and faced possible Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation.
Major General Geoffrey D. Miller was the Commanding General for the Joint Task Force in Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) from November 4, 2002 to March 26, 2004. He was interviewed regarding his knowledge of detainee abuse at GTMO. He mentioned that his ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Randall Mark Schmidt
Randall Mark Schmidt, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Michael E. Dunlavey , James T. Hill
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other
Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Randall Mark Schmidt
Randall Mark Schmidt, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Michael E. Dunlavey , James T. Hill
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other
The document is a press release from the FBI regarding the release of FBI documents related to detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The statement includes information about FBI employee surveys conducted regarding possible mistreatment of ...
Sworn statement of a soldier who describes the captured of a detainee on 04/04/2004. A Vapor Trace 2 test showed a "high exposure reading of RDX explosive. The soldier also mentions that the detainee was helping the resistance with supplies for ...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights litigation requesting that the Commission take measures to have the legal status of detainees held at Guantanamo be determined by a competent court, and to protect against the torture of detainees.
Dec. 30, 2004
Judicial (Pleading)
Physical assault, Assault/death, Stress positions, Isolation, Temperature, Threat, Environmental manipulation
Judicial (Pleading)
Physical assault, Assault/death, Stress positions, Isolation, Temperature, Threat, Environmental manipulation